The Delta independent., 1887-05-17
STATE NEWS.


war on unlicensed dogs.
j. w. Rose, of Grand Junction, has
peach orchard Of eighty acres.
S. ". France, a Denver printer. sui
cided by shooting q few days ago.
The farmers around Longmont are
about to organize Dairy Association.
Mr.. Powderly addressed an audience
ofS,oo people In Denver Monday night
Eddy Parker. of Leadville, shct him.
se@dead while out hunting the other day.
Irouo'e Ia brewing among the coal
miners at Louisville. and IL Is feared strike
is impending.
sarah Bernhardt AID Mrs. Langtry
will appear at the Tabor Opera House in
Denver next month.
The Midland Ia now running its
trains to Hill Top, point eighteen miles
from Buena Vista.
The work of laying the rails has
commenced on the Denver & Santa Fe road
from Pueblo north.
The Denver Exposition will be held
this year in buildings to be erected on Six
ieenth street near the river.
DIR. De La Matyr, of Denver, will
deliver the Memorial Day sermon before
the Grand Army posts of Greeley.
A dormitory to cost 81, 900. and to be
known as Denver Hall, is to be built on the
grounds OF the Presbyterian College at
Longmont.
The Denver base ball club was done
up In Lincoln the other day by score Of
81 too. The Lincoln CLUB made nineteen
runs In one inning.
Prof. Regis Chauvenet. of the State
School of Mines, will devote his time this
summer to studying the Iron resources of
Northern Colorado.
Dave Wood, the pioneer freighter Of
the San Juan, has go oxen besides great
number OF mule teams hauling ore between
Telluride and Mon,rose.
II is reported in Pueblo that Gould
has bought n controlling interest in the
Colorado Coal and Iron Company, and will
greatly enlarge the plant
Negotiations are pending for the sale
OF the Denver, Utah & Pacific railroad.
Whether sold or not |, will be extended
over Northern Colorado and Wyoming.
Hon. Edward +. Bishop, for the pas,
ten years clerk of the United States courts
In Colorado. has resigned and Mr.. William
A. Willard has been appointed to the posi-.
ton.
Melville ID. Langdon, better known
As Ell Perkins, has bough, eighty acres OF
land In the Garden Of the Gods, near Mani
tou, and has contracted for the building OF
large summer residence.
At a recent meeting Of the stock
holders OF the Denver, South Park 4 Pa
cihc road foreclosure and application for
Receivcrship were ordered and Mr.. l.. c.
Ellsworth, Of Denver, recommended for
Receiver.
There is great scarcity Of practical
miners In Aspen Just now. All properties
with anything like n prospect for ore nre
being worked. On smuggler mountain and
up Hunter creek more than hundrrd men
are at work.
For the first week in May the earn
Ing OF the Denver & Rio Grande were Slss-
600 as against fi21, Az for the corresponding
week of 1850. For the year to date the
earnings are e, 81, IN rs against q ,a3s, ,eoI
for the year 1886.
Lucas" horse owned by John d.
Morrissey, Of Leadville, died at the Mineral
Park stables In Pueblo OF Inflammation Of
the bowels. The animal had Jus, been
brought from Memphis, having been re-
Gently purchased for &s,00o
Gov. Adams has appointed as men,
hers Of the STATE Pharmacy Board, created
under the new law. the following drug
vists: X. i. Taylor, Colorado Springs:
S. T. Kostick, Lcadville; Charles Dingle,
Denver; c. NJ. Ford, Denver, and John
Best, Central City.
The one and only place in Colorado
below timber line which Is not 1T for habi,a-
tlon during the summer months is the
southern portion Of Brownies Park, in
Northwest Colorado. II swarms with mos
quitos to such an extent that man nor beast
can live there. Still II is one of the pref
test regions Of country in the West.
For the present Governor Adams has
his mind relieved Of executive duties and
his attention Is diverted to the evolution of
rotary pump In which he is financially in. |
tcrested. II Is a Pueblo invention and
Davis 4 Cresswell were yesterday engaged
In getting the thing In motion. The scicn-
tihc principle is In the action OF the ma.
chinery. which has no cessation Of stroke
Denver Republican.
Glenwood Springs and surrounding
country embraced in township o, range 81 |
west, has been thrown open to settlement |
under the land laws. Hitherto those resid-
Ing In that vicinity have no. been able to |
secure title to their land, and have only |
been able to secure the property upon lease. |
For two years the difYiculty has existed and |
the Colorado representatives In Congress
have been appealed to in vain. The order |
which was sent from Washington Is now In |
the Surveyor-Genera's ONCE and the deci. |
sion Is therefore hnal.
A special to the Denver News from |
Ouray says that an immense body Of high |
grade ore has been discovered In the Sara |
toga mine, Red Mountain. The breast Of |
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